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Frame of Reference
Throughout all of 2011 this site averaged 107 visitors per month. I’ve already seen more than that in the first 20 hours of relaunching. Should be a pretty awesome year 🙂
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Fixing Bugs -or- Why 5 minutes Sometimes Means 2 hours
I’ll try to keep this brief, as I’m sure you all probably realized this already. Even so, it’s always a good reminder and will help keep developers and non-developers on speaking terms. I’ve got a simple analogy for you as to why some (many) things take longer to develop than developers initially estimate and, more…
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Lost Type Co-Op
An incredibly cool type foundry with a unique pricing structure. Check them out!
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Can You Afford Cheap?
Andy Budd, a user experience consultant in England, doesn’t think so. And neither do I.
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Regarding Your Logo
It’s no secret that I appreciate a really well-made logo and so, having designed a few myself, I think I am adequately qualified to adress the topic with some authority. Before I get too far, I want to say that I’ve outsourced many of these ideas to other thinkers who are smarter than myself and…
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Would You Pay for WordPress?
Michael over at WPCandy.com has written an interesting and compelling article questioning what if Automattic began charging for WordPress? I feel that the short-answer is that the community of users would cease to thrive as many would look to other free alternatives. WordPress.com, their free public blogging site, would lose countless users to services like…
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Curious about WordPress?
For anyone who may be on the fence with this subject, I have some powerful literature for you: Should I Use WordPress To Create a Website? Hmm, still not convinced? Alright, here is a slightly more thorough article: Why Power Your Small Business with WordPress? In all seriousness, I have been involved in web design…
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Spend Less, Give More
This year, instead of wasting your time, money, efforts, sanity on dutifully following the same old Christmas routine, try a new approach. Christmas is a season to remind us of giving. Read that once more. Not of giving gifts, but giving ourselves. It’s not the only time we’re expected to do this, either. Christmas serves…
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A Much-Needed Weekend
I just wanted to take a moment to say I’ve been enjoying a much-needed weekend (time to relax and just be). My wife and I went to Carson City, MI to visit my family and while we were there we enjoyed some time being disconnected from the world (i.e. there is no internet at my…
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New Life
Forgive me in advance for what is about to be a very scattered post. I was lying in bed only moments ago, reading Irresistable Revolution by Shane Claiborn and had to log some of my thoughts. For the first time in my life I want to live in a way that draws attention. Not for…
From the Desk of Brian Richards
A collection of thoughts and Ideas from Brian Richards, creator of WPSessions.com